EREMASCACEAE IMPERFECTAE 233 



branched, cells cylindric, 18-30 x S-^fi, ending in chains of ovoid blastospores. 

 Grows at 22°, better at 37° C. Gram-positive. 



On nutrient agar and nutrient glucose agar, growth spreading, thick 

 white, moist. On potato, growth dry and white becoming brownish. On 

 coagulated serum, growth scanty, dry, thin, white. Growth in peptone broth 

 scanty, liquid clear, no surface growth, sediment in bottom of tube. In alka- 

 line litmus milk, growth good, no coagulation, no acid. Glucose rapidly fer- 

 mented, maltose slowly, no action on lactose. 



Candida rhoi (Castellani & Chalmers) Almeida, Annaes Fac. Med. Sao 

 Paulo 9: 11, 1933. 



Endomyces rhoi Castellani & Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med. ed. 1, 601, 1910. 



Monilia rhoi Castellani & Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med. ed. 2, 828, 1913. 



Parasaccharomyces rohii Froilano de Mello & Gonzaga Fernandes, Arq. Hig. 

 Pat. Exot. 6: 272-273, 277, 1918. 



My celohl a station rhoi Ota, Jap. Jour. Derm. Urol. 28: [4], 1928. 



Isolated in case of otomycosis, also from tea samples. 



Mycelium septate, 2-3. 5/t in diameter, and spherical free "spores,'' 3.5-5/x 

 in diameter, also arthrospores and intercalary chlamydospores. 



Acid formation and fermentation with glucose, fructose, and sucrose, 

 slight with galactose. Very slight acid with maltose. No coagulation of milk. 

 No liquefaction of gelatin or coagulated serum. 



Doubtful Position 



The following species are too poorly described to refer here with cer- 

 tainty but probably belong here. 



Monilia Fioccoi Pollacci & Nannizzi, I Miceti Pat. Uomo Anim. 8 ; No. 77, 

 1928. 



Isolated from a man in Venice suffering from diffuse dermatosis with 

 numerous ulcerous pustules, chiefly on the upper part of the body and arms 

 (for additional case, see Zoon 1930, 1931). 



Cells ovoid, ellipsoid or spherical, minutely guttulate (one or many), 

 occurring singly, sometimes together in short chains 7.3-9.7 x 3.5 or 7-8/* in 

 diameter; hyphal cells cylindric, elongate, rounded at each end, easily separat- 

 ing, not or rarely branched, producing terminal chains of ovoid blastospores 

 7.3-7.5 X 4.8-5/A. Chlamydospores terminal, spherical, 7-8yu in diameter, unigut- 

 tulate, granular. 



On Pollacci agar, colonies punctiform, small, 0.5-2 mm. in diameter, 

 smooth, dirty white, confluent, moist. On Sabouraud agar, colonies remain 

 isolated and become yellowish in age. Glucose, fructose and sucrose fermented. 



Trichosporum Asahii Jap. Jour. Derm. Urol. 29: 733-773, 1929. 



Lesions appear as red nodules growing to 5 cm. in diameter, circular, 

 crateriform, eventually producing thin yellow crusts, accompanied by pruritus. 



Blasto-, arthro- and chlamydospores present. Gram-positive. 



Cultures unfortunateh' not described in the summary. 



